states and i wonder sometimes if we lose sight of this is a global market and other countries out there, china comes to mind with an exploding market for oil. and we're sort of at the mercy of the rest of the world really. >> no, that is true, and but that's an unfortunate truth. looking at domestic gasoline or should be getting far, far better pces than what we are getting right now because our crude oil, in fact, is cheaper by about $25 than everywhere else around the globe and that should indicate we get a cheaper price for gasoline, too. we don't. because we have a lot of financial connections. i don't want do get, again, too deep in the weeds but the financial connections connect the price of gasoline to global crude oil prices instead of to domestic crude oil prices. if they were connected to domestic crude oil prices you would see prices about a dollar lower than right now so these are some of the problems when you get a big financial market that sets prices for people and what they pay at the pump. >> well, dan, another thing that the president has focused on is trying to reduce the ov